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Suspicions
by Elizabeth Engstrom
Twenty-five hand-picked stories from Engstrom's archives.
The weirdest. The darkest. The sexiest.
Her favorites.
In this collection, you’ll take a peek into the suspicious world of the author, as she investigates The Unknown, Death, Sex, Families, Friends, Love, Work, Technology, the Government and Everything Else. You’ll pluck the souls of those passed over from the shallows of a river, you’ll don an ectoplasmic cloak heavy with the voices of channeled spirits, you’ll fall in love with a mysterious sailor on a tropical isle, watch the wrenching biological uplifting of a new species, and spend a fateful weekend in a remote cabin in the woods with a peculiar mirror and its even more peculiar effects.
The world of Elizabeth Engstrom is not for those prone to bad dreams, but for those grown ups who are interested in investigating themselves a little bit more, a volume like this is perfect bedtime reading.
"This is where she's at her best." --Locus
"A spooky collection of tales." --Publishers Weekly
"A harrowing and suspenseful anthology filled with superbly crafted short stories about love, death, sex, and crossing the River Styx. Dark humor courses through these dramatic and sometimes horrific tales, in this blood-curdling anthology that leaves a fearsome chill in one's spine long after the last page has been turned. Suspicions is strongly recommended reading for those that prefer their literary entertainment with a decided flair for the unexpected." --Midwest Book Review
"A hefty, genre-crossing pie, spieced with images capable of snagging the imagination." --Booklist
"Elizabeth Engstrom has selected twenty-five (four original to the collection) stories from the past twenty years of writing that reveal her as a suspicious sort. But then, aren't we all? We all suspect the unknown, death, sex, and "friends, family, love, work, technology, the government, and everything else." It's just that Elizabeth Engstrom can take her lack of trust and craft fine fiction from it. Like many fine writers, Engstrom's stories are across all genres. Some can be termed sf, others as mystery or fantasy or horror, still others are simply "fiction." A few are light and humorous. Most are quietly dark, slightly skewed, angled toward that indescribable place just at the edge of shadow. All are worth reading. Many are worth pondering. By the end, at least one suspicion will definitely be confirmed: Elizabeth Engstrom is one of the best. No doubts." --Cemetery Dance
ISBN 0-9666272-9-6 $16.95
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